US Patent Issued to Hubbell on May 12 for "Electrical connector with interlock" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,100, issued on May 12, was assigned to Hubbell Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).

"Electrical connector with interlock" was invented by John Brower (Fairfield, Conn.) and Zhenhong Li (Cheshire, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector including at least one locking member movably engageable with at least one locking feature provided on a second electrical connector, at least one latch rotatably movable between a locked position for preventing movement of the at least one locking member and an unlocked position for allowing movement of the at least one locking member and a sensor for sensing a voltage level on the electrical co...